RATCH-Australia

RATCH-Australia Corporation (RAC) is an Australian electricity generation company. It is a subsidiary of RATCH Group (formerly known as Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Company), a public company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. RATCH-Australia owns both renewable energy and fossil fuel power stations in Australia.

RATCH-Australia Corporation
IndustryElectricity generation
PredecessorTransfield Services Infrastructure Fund
FoundedJuly 2011
Headquarters
North Sydney
Area served
Australia
ParentRATCH Group
Websitewww.ratchaustralia.com

History

In 2007, Transfield Services spun-off its infastructure assets into the Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund.[1] In November 2007, it acquired five further power generation assets from Stanwell Corporation and Tarong Energy.[2]

RATCH-Australia was established in July 2011 when its parent company bought an 80% stake in Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund via a scheme of arrangement.[3][4]

Power stations owned by RATCH-Australia are:[5]

Power stationCapacity (MW)SourceStateRemarks
Collector Wind Farm228WindNew South WalesTo open 2021[6]
Collinsville Power Station42SolarQueenslandPreviously 190 MW coal power station decommissioned in 2018.
Kemerton Power Station260.9Natural gasWestern Australia
Kwinana Cogeneration Plant120Natural gasWestern AustraliaAlso provides steam to the adjacent Kwinana Oil Refinery
Mount Emerald Wind Farm180WindQueensland
Starfish Hill Wind Farm34.5WindSouth Australia
Toora Wind Farm21WindVictoria
Townsville Power Station242Coal seam gasQueenslandCombined cycle gas and steam turbines
Windy Hill Wind Farm12WindQueensland

References
  1. Transfield Services announces IPO of infrastructure assets Transfield Services 4 April 2007
  2. TSI Fund acquires Five Wind Firms Transfield Services 29 November 2007
  3. Transfield Services signs agreement with Ratchaburi Transfield Services 2 May 2011
  4. "Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund (TSI)". Delisted Australia. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. "RATCH-Australia Corporation". Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. Home Collector Windfarm
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